CIVILIZATIONS

Which action is most closely associated with the early Mesopotamian civilizations?

• building floating gardens to grow corn

• establishing representative democracies

• developing a writing system using cuneiform

• constructing Hindu temples

• If a son has struck his father, they shall cut off his hand.

• If a seignior has destroyed the eye of a member of the aristocracy, they shall destroy his eye.

• If he has broken another seignior's bone, they shall break his bone.

Which document contains these statements?

• Ten Commandments

• Code of Hammurabi

• Edicts of Asoka

• Twelve Tables

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. _____________________________

A. Surplus of food

B. Rise of cities

C. Job specialization

D. Development of new technology

• Results of the Fall of Rome

• Effects of the Neolithic Revolution

• Reasons for the Puritan Revolution

• Causes of the Bantu Migration

• If a man has destroyed the eye of a free man, his own eye shall be destroyed.

• If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out.

These rules are based on the

• Analects of Confucius

• Code of Hammurabi

• Ten Commandments

• Koran (Qur'an)

"If a son has struck his father, they shall cut off his hand. If a nobleman has destroyed the eye of a member of the aristocracy, they shall destroy his eye. . . ."

The idea expressed in this quotation is found in the

• Ten Commandments

• Twelve Tables

• Justinian Code

• Code of Hammurabi

Which development was a direct result of the Neolithic Revolution?

• Machines were used to mass-produce goods for markets.

• The centers of trade moved from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

• A surplus of food led to more complex societies.

• Feudal manors provided the necessities of life.

The code of Hammurabi is an example of

• written rules for legal procedures

• the power of strong kings to control trade

• regulations on the way to conduct wars against neighboring nations

• the power of a legislature to veto laws passed by absolute monarchs

Which development occurred during the Neolithic Revolution?

• Food was grown on haciendas.

• Stone tools were used for the first time.

• The factory system replaced the domestic system.

• Permanent settlements were established in river valleys.

During the Neolithic Revolution, production of a food surplus led directly to

• a nomadic lifestyle

• a reliance on stone weaponry

• an increase in population

• a dependence on hunting and gathering

Which description best fits the Neolithic Revolution?

• moving from urban centers to rural centers

• using petrochemical fertilizers and pesticides to increase production

• replacing human laborers with machines

• shifting from hunting and gathering to farming as a way of life